Former intelligence, ED officials potential spyware targets: Report

Former officials of the armed and security forces, intelligence agencies, NITI Aayog and a junior official in the Prime Minister’s Office have been named in the database investigated by 17 international media platforms as potential targets of snooping using the Pegasus spyware. The Wire, which is the Indian partner of the investigative project, reported the names of these former officials on Monday.

Among the names is that of K K Sharma, who was added to the list of potential targets in early 2018, when he was heading the BSF.

“In the absence of digital forensics, it is not possible to establish whether Sharma was subjected to an attempted hack or infection.